##our , a grandson of the emperor , marched south toward pagan . according to mainstream traditional ( british colonial era ) scholarship , the mongol army ignored the imperial orders to evacuate ; fought its way down to pagan with the loss of 700 ##0 men ; occupied the city ; and sent out detachments to receive homage , one of which reached south of prom ##e . but not all colonial period scholars agreed with the assessment as none of the contemporary mongol / chinese records specifically mentioned the conquest of pagan or the temporary complete ##ness of the conquest . recent research shows that the mongol forces most probably never reached pagan . they were held at bay by the burmese defenses led by commanders
##our, a grandson of the emperor, marched south toward pagan. according to mainstream traditional ( british colonial era ) scholarship, the mongol army ignored the imperial orders to evacuate ; fought its way down to pagan with the loss of 7000 men ; occupied the city ; and sent out detachments to receive homage, one of which reached south of prome. but not all colonial period scholars agreed with the assessment as none of the contemporary mongol / chinese records specifically mentioned the conquest of pagan or the temporary completeness of the conquest. recent research shows that the mongol forces most probably never reached pagan. they were held at bay by the burmese defenses led by commanders